Tag: Ennahda Party

Ghannouchi to start hunger strike this Friday September 29

September 29, 2023

Tunisia’s Ennahda Party leader Rached Ghannouchi is set to start this Friday September 29 a hunger strike from prison to protest against his detention since ... Read More

Rached Ghannouchi hints at quitting Ennahdha’s leadership after solution to current crisis

August 11, 2022

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s major opposition party, said Wednesday he was ready to leave the leadership of the party only if there was ... Read More

Sacked Tunisian PM makes first public appearance

August 6, 2021

Tunisian sacked Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi made Thursday his first public appearance since his removal on July 25 by President Kais Saied amid rumors that ... Read More

Tunisia: President freezes all parliamentary activities, lifts immunity of all MPs, dismisses PM

July 26, 2021

President Kais Saied has decided after an emergency meeting with senior military and security officials Sunday evening to freeze the parliament’s activities, lift all MPs' ... Read More

Tunisia’s leading party slams military court trial of blogger

June 2, 2021

Ennahdha, the largest party in the Tunisian legislature, Tuesday slammed the condemnation of a prominent blogger by a military court following a lawsuit lodged by ... Read More

Tunisia: Habib Jemli tasked with forming a new government

November 18, 2019

Tunisia’s recently elected President Kais Saied has tasked agricultural engineer Habib Jemli, 60, with forming a government after the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party nominated him for ... Read More

Tunisia: Jewish candidate runs for Municipal Elections as Member of Islamist Ennahda Party

February 26, 2018

Tunisia’s Islamist party has chosen Simon Salama, a Tunisian Jew, as its candidate for the municipal elections in Monastir, south of Tunis. Salama said that ... Read More

Tunisia: Nidaa Tounes Loses 31 MPs, Parliament Majority

November 24, 2015

The 31 members of the ruling Nidaa Tounes party have finally decided to quit the party on Sunday after suspending their membership. All efforts, including ... Read More

Tunisia : Heavily criticized Law 52 to be reformed

June 27, 2014

 Tunisia is reviewing its drug laws which have easily put many people behind bars especially during the Ben Ali era. Tunisia’s population is around 11 ... Read More

Tunisia: Ghannouchi, Tunisia on the right path

March 31, 2014

The co-founder and President of the Ennahda Party, Rached Ghannouchi, has revealed his views of what the future holds for Tunisia. Ennahda was heading a ... Read More